The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-11

u disc unit buying; New Enelaud sight, "a
discount; Now Orleans u discount buying
par sslnns' BANK STOCKS. -,
Bank of Commerce"..".-."I5S 6id' 20 aske9
First National ...........--.l@ bid, l65 asked
German Bank .....""S.'.'isz pid' Ie0 asSe9
State NatiOnal...""."""".!4I p!q' loV asho9
Union and Planters ......'...l 56 bid '' askeq
Mercantile Bank.".-......lS 6id' &c aske9
Manhattan Savings.."".,"EO old' zee askeu
INSURANCE STOCKS.
Bluff p!d' 80 aske9
Ply o. ssneJ
Homo u piv' VnehoI
Memphis City...."-.."""4lVl bid !; askea
Peoples ....""."..-""'"'"" plp, o'7a hshoI
Phoenix piu' "esnoI
Planter rs piu' 20 aehoI
Vanderbilt. .....".....-.....2 bid, 80 asked
Arlington ..................."..., bid, e. asked
ffHaitoTs ,iS5%% BID Il 50. a sEsd
MISCELLANEOUS.
Shelby County warrants. SO bid, 9S asked
M. 4 G. r. r. shares.".m...b bid, g: asked
NJ. & T. X. r. sbares".""":4 % bi9' oo ASKED
ME-. fSn ist IN. Ss....".~.".iG5 bid, =. asked
Miss. G1. R. r. cs. A.....-..ll3 bid. :. asked
Miss. & T. r. r. cs. B.........102 bid, l05 asked
Tenn. WITS. ser. D..1""""s6 bid, 9SES asked
Shelby TCs County 3.......~.s%i0 bid, 10 asked
Taxing District 4, 6s....99H bid, lCO% asked
Taxing District IS y...""'lS bid lc7 a.ked
MMss%%PP bbiis Wa bOnds......".ico bid, :, asked
Hmi Cot, Oil truStsn......" So bid, 81 asked
pioneer Cotton Mills ........27% bid, 30 asked
Memphis Stor. Com Con-. Ig bid I So asked
Memphis Gas stock.-".-" IT bid, ~ asked
Masonic Temple stoCk.........5O bid. go asked
Cot. Ex: Bldg, 6s.1.."""lG bid, l9 y asked
Ala. & Tenn. /. \ G."1""""S bid W sskea
Tenn. Valley l. 4 r. R.."..4 bid, 80 asked
NEW YORK, January 1O.-Money on call
easy at 4a5 Per cent, closing at 4. Prime
mercantile paper scarce and in demand at
Sal per cent. Sterling exchange strong at
4S1I for sixty day bills and 1876 for demand.
Bends-Government and State bonds were
dull but firm.
Stocks-The disposition to await the &C
ton of Congress upon the interstate com
merce bill still keeps operators out Of the
stock msrket, which remains dull and al
most devoid of feature. There was come
little in clination to buy shown today, and
for the greater part OF the tlue PRICES re.
in the great majority of cases were conhned
within narrow limits. The coal stocks es-
p~ecially Jersey Central and Reading; K!ch-
were the special fentures of the
market today. The mysterious movement
in Jersey Central still continues an enigma
to the street and the stocks made further
material progress in upward tendency and
remained steady when the rest of the list was
heavy. The other stocks followed the course
of the general market, being firm 10 stronger
during the forenoon, but Welding iatert ane
mtIh y bh bAho INV p
orally strong. Lake Shore was the consplcn-
GUS stock with "a advance OF q per cent;
There was a mod business in the hrst
few minutes in which Jersey central ana
strong, especially for jersey Central ana
Peoria, Decatur and Evansville. The actiy-
ity soon died away, but the advances IN
was then Intensified, and prices sagged on
until the close, which was dull and heavy
with generally small fractions a59ve tne
furnished 81, 100; Richmond and Vest Point,
WsnS, Is 49,; Wostsrn, Union, 1868
St Paul. 1859; and Erie, lO,Oc0i The
few exceptions, chief among which Is Game,
ron co |, VIII CHI lost IA. and Richmond and
West Point l per cent. Jersey Central isnp
N per cent Decatur and Evansville II,
and Lake Shore | per cent. Railroad bOnds
were generally active, and prices generally
followed the course of the share market.
being firm in the forenoon and sagging on
toward the close. Final prices are generally
biSher. Sales, 81, 798, 1000, OF which Fort
Worth and Denver f.sts contributed SILL
900, and Lske Erie and Western incomes
Sl0i 200. This latter bonds still continue to
be the feature OF the merset upon the bright
prospects under the reorganization: Lake
Erie and Western incomes gained 4 at %,
Sandusky div sion incomes. 4 at 81, the
Lafay ette, Bloomington and Munoie z at
0X, and Peoria, Decatur and Evansville in;
comes 3 at S4H. Mining shares opened
steady vita q fair. demand. sutro
Tunnel was pressed. for sale in the
afternoon. The following were. tho closing
prices bid: Alice 1876, Best and Belcher 2,
Bulwer 125, Bodie S25, Consolidated Calilor-
ria and Virginia. 25, DeadwoOd Us,
Eureka Consolidated $50, Horn
Silver 10, Hale and NOreross $780, Iron Silver
25, Mono go. Sierra Nevada I, Staadard
l2, Savage 525, Silver King 60, Union Con-
solidated $50. Petroleum opened strong al
Si%, advanced to 7lA, reacted to ~, and
-. aNrnnu Mt Tllas aalpg. 1.RS1.h1 barrels.
Tie total sales OF stocks today were 22S,
579 shares, including Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western, $3.50; Erie, l0,lOl; Missouri
Kansas and Texas, 42S5; Louisville snd
Nashville, S245; New Jersey Central, 81
go; Peoria, Decatur and Evansville, $3.50
Reading, 57,7OO; S.. Paul, 1l,050;. st. Pau
and Omaha, S425; Union Pacific, 6l50.
Western Union, 1902. Closing quota
tons;
GOVERNMENTS.
U.S 8. 3s, 1907. e, COUP, lZ7h:- ,
as, coup, liOk. Pacific 6s of 1895, l25h
pOgDg.